We are thrilled to welcome back Jeffery Miyake-Mugler! Building on his past Ballroom Culture and Old Way and New Way workshops, Jeffery is blessing us with a Hand Performance & Arms Control Workshop

Hand Performance and Arms Control is based in all forms of Vogue. It allows your creativity and catching the beat to meet. Come discover the essential method “Jeffery’s way” to master this style of dance.

Pose & Parlay presents, “Triple Threat: Volume 2!” Triple Threat is an ever-evolving Whacking/Punking Jam that invites each of us to sharpen our skills with 3 levels of communal creation. Continuing Whacking and Punking’s traditions as energetic & connective exchange in underground club culture, we build! 

“Triple Threat” is a promise to have skills on deck, time after time… more than a pair, it’s solidarity as a solution. Based on the principle that we are more than the sum of our parts, “Triple Threat” is an opportunity to build our collective excellence & expertise by uniting in creativity, challenge, and connection.

This workshop by Ether will cover Krump basics with some creative variations and an introduction to switching your levels within your Krump.

Casa Dell Bangz offers the only Krump Open Session in Maryland! Krump is an urban art form, created in the early 2000s, characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement. If you want to see what Krump looks like, check out: “Brnx” – the Applied Krump Instructor at Urban Artistry & Founder of Casa Del Bangz Crew!

Breakin’ workshop on levels and space with Inoahchumean from The break spot! Ages 7+

Then, for those in-person, we will be throwing a 45-minute Top of the Hill Battle for youth ages 7-12!

– 6-7pm ET: Workshop on Levels & Space
– 7-8pm ET: ⁠Top of the Hill Battle & Jam

Dancers will go head to head for 45 minutes, winning as many rounds against their opponents as possible. The dancer with the most wins will be gets the Top of the Hill Prize of $150! Runner up will get $50!

Future – Lead Organizer of The Book of Styles, offers a Book of Sytles Workshop! 

Focused on battle preparation & styles training.

Goodie Bag: Hip Hop Jam” Volume V

This session aims to bring the very best out of creatives, and the music is the vehicle. In Volume V, we are honored to welcome the funky percussionist – Dante Pope and legendary producer- Kev Brown to put down the sounds to get down!

Dance & Dialogues return with a twist! This is the first Volume that features a world-renowned DJ, Graphic Designer, and Curator … the one and only DJ Underdog!

Celebrating the American Folklife Center’s 50th Anniversary, Urban Artistry presents highlights of DJ Underdog’s Interview that is currently housed within The Library of Congress’ Digital Collections. In 2022, Urban Artistry, Inc. received a Community Collections Grant from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to launch “Follow the Music: Exploring the Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture.” This year-long documentation initiative was designed as a national intervention to preserve and amplify the often-overlooked stories of House Music and Dance Cultures (HMDC) in Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA+ urban communities.

This is an interactive popping workshop for ages 5-7 exploring how feeling, groove, shape, and muscle control all come together to create artistic movement. Through music, games, movement exercises, and teamwork, dancers will practice finding the groove, creating clear shapes and angles, and using muscle control to add texture and character–all while keeping the feeling alive in their dance. These dance principles can be applied to other styles.

Whether you’re brand new to popping or already have experience, come ready to move, experiment, and discover new ways to feel the groove and shape the move!

Join us for an ages 8+ interactive popping workshop exploring how feeling, groove, shape, and muscle control all come together to create artistic movement. Through music, games, movement exercises, and teamwork, dancers will practice finding the groove, creating clear shapes and angles, and using muscle control to add texture and character–all while keeping the feeling alive in their dance. These dance principles can be applied to other styles.

Whether you’re brand new to popping or already have experience, come ready to move, experiment, and discover new ways to feel the groove and shape the move!

Dancers will learn foundational movements upon which to build their own freestyle in response to house music. Dancers will learn some key context around the origins of house music and dance, Urban Artistry’s house dance lineage, and build confidence grooving and moving their feet to the uplifting sounds of house music. All levels of experience are welcome!

We are excited to have Son Lam back at Urban Artistry to teach a Movement Flow Workshop! A class exploring connection, musicality, and creativity through movement.

• Connectivity — Improve movement quality and transitions.
• Musicality — Express music through feeling, emotion, and texture.
• Creativity — Break habits and explore new movement possibilities.

We are excited to have Dr. Rico teach a Memphis Jookin Workshop at Urban Artistry!

Come catch the feeling of Memphis Jookin. We’ll get into the footwork, bounce, and musicality that make this dance move the way it does. I’ll break down the foundations, show you how the steps connect, and give you room to add your own flavor. You don’t have to come in knowing how to dance. Just bring some energy, stay open, and let the music move you.

We are closing out our Festival with our first-ever Soul Society Supper Club! We’ll break bread together and then get down to the all-vinyl (!) sounds of Dee Clark — all at our favorite local spot, Terra Mare Restaurant